Amusement device



March 7, 1939.

' P. B. LLOYD AMUSEMENT DEVICE 'Filed Dec. 28, 1936 ATTORN Patented Mar. 7, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AMUSEMENT DEVICE Pansy B. Lloyd, Sioux City, Iowa Application December 28, 1936, Serial No. 117,784

1 Claim.

My invention relates to an amusement device or game.

An object of my invention is to provide a device which which tests the skill of the player by incorporating a rotational top adapted to fall into spaced squares or similar pockets.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of such character in which any suitable indicia can be employed giving various combinations.

A further object of my invention is to provide a game of this character which is recreational in that it includes amusing characteristics.

A further object of my invention is to provide a game of this character which is simple and reasonably constructed.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken along the lines 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a plan View of the top employed with the device,

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the top, and

Figure 5 is a modification.

I have used the character In to designate the square container which includes the bottom II and the four side walls l2, which walls 12 are made of substantial length to retain the top within the device. Within the container l0 and resting upon the base I l thereof is the grill member l3 which includes several spaced pockets I 4. It will be noted that the pockets M are uniformly square, although other desired shapes can 40 be employed, and the spaces between the adjacent pockets M are filled by means of the grill portion such as l5, which thereby provide vertical barriers between the adjacent pockets, (also see Fig. 2).

The movable element of my device is provided by means of the top IS. The top It includes four downwardly converging fiat sides H, which slope as shown clearly in Figure 4. The top portion I8 is square as well as the bottom portion l9 so that 50 the indicia-bearing surfaces of the top form the sides of the frustum of a pyramid. Attached to the upper surface I8 of the top is the cylindrical portion 20, and the bottom thereof is the further extended portion 2| which terminates in the conical end 22 having the tip 23.

It will now be noted that the junction of the portion 18 with the sides of the top provides the four relatively sharp corners 24. When the top is spun by means of the fingers turning the portion 20, the same will at first rotate upon its vertical axis, and when the top falls and the corners 24 strike a flat surface, the effect will be to cause the top to rebound sharply from the surface and the top will thus be impelled rapidly in a vertical direction and will then'fall again to the surface. This then provides a unique characteristic in my invention since the top can be spun in any of the squares I4 and after the top falls down and strikes the surface it will rebound into another square either close or at a considerable distance from the original square. In this manner by skillful manipulation the top will fall into various receiving pockets, partially at the will of the operator, and such pockets can contain indicia, if desired, such as shown by the character 25 in Figure 1; it being understood that all of the pockets can be numbered or lettered. The same applies to the four faces of the top l6, as shown by the character 26, so that the series of numbers or letters on the board, as well as the top, can be grouped so that spinning the top in various positions or at various angles will produce various results in the way of scores which can be arrived at through practice or skill.

A slight modification is shown in Figure 5, in which instead of using horizontal cross members in the grill, I employ the wire formation 27 which has a series of wave forms 28 integrally formed with the same. These bends or waves provide a still further variation in the action of the top so that further combinations can be achieved.

The top in rebounding from the surface is sometimes still turm'ng after the first rebound and will strike the surface and rebound again and again, depending of course upon the rapidity of the rotation as well as other factors.

It will now be seen that I have provided an amusement device or game which incorporates a rotational top which is adapted to fall into suitably spaced squares or such pockets, that I have provided a device in which any suitable indicia can be employed giving various combinations, that I have provided a device having amusing characteristics and that I have provided a device of this character which can be constructed at a reasonable cost.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts of my inven tion without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention riers, said barriers being formed of wire having a plurality of undulating vertical wave forms formed therewith, a top for spinning on said base, said wave forms causing said top to be deflected into certain of said pockets.

PANSY B. LLOYD. 

